Test 12 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

honestly, do you think Michael's gonna win the princess in the end

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Michael · What happens: think, win · To what, where: princess, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	5 think	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 honestly	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 think	aux
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 win	nsubj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Michael	case
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 win	dep
9	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 think	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 win	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · do-support	you					honestly property	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	win	infinitive	Michael	the princess			in the end		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

I reckon so, the lady keeps helping him out and the laurels will do the rest for him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 reckon	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckon	conj
8	helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helping	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 helping	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 do	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 laurels	det
13	laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 do	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helping	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rest	det
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	I				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	the lady				tree rules
3	help out	gerund	the lady not said here		him = he		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
4	do	future	the laurels	the rest		for him = he	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Eventuality

Option 2

not sure, the princesses are pretty tricky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 sure	advmod
2	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sure	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princesses	det
5	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tricky	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tricky	cop
7	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	8 tricky	advmod
8	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the princesses					pretty, tricky property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

I reckon so, the lady keeps helping him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 reckon	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckon	conj
8	helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helping	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 helping	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	reckon	present	I		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	the lady		tree rules
3	help out	gerund	the lady not said here	him = he	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

honestly yes, he's got magic on his side and the princesses are already starting to notice him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	6 got	advmod
2	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 got	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yes	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	aux
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 side	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 side	nmod:poss
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 starting	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princesses	det
13	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 starting	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 starting	aux
15	already	already	ADV	_	16 starting	advmod
16	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 got	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 notice	mark
18	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 starting	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 notice	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	he	magic	his side	honestly property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent magic=Theme on side=Source
2	start	present · progressive	the princesses				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	notice	to-infinitive	the princesses not said here	him = he			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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